Ask HN: Are github pages down?

5 points by vivekprakash 12 years ago | 5 comments

I am not able to access the blog http://engineering.hackerearth.com/ which is hosted via github pages. It shows the error related to varnish cache.

Error 503 Backend is unhealthy Backend is unhealthy Guru Meditation: XID: 2373250785 Varnish cache server

reedlaw 12 years ago |

Yes. https://status.github.com/

salboaie 12 years ago |

Ahh no, I've just submited to HN my new library https://github.com/salboaie/harvests (simpler replacement to promises and flow control libraries)

andyhmltn 12 years ago |

What is the point in this thread? http://status.github.com will answer that question. HN doesn't need threads asking / telling people whether things are down

mjswensen 12 years ago |

Either GitHub is making headway in mitigating the DDoS attack, or not all GH pages sites were affected. (My repos pages are working fine.)

sp332 12 years ago |

Github gets DDoS'd a lot more than I'd expect. How did they even make enemies like that?